HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Coding, budgeting, and marketing operations are examples. With creativity’s ties to innovation and the global economy experiencing a significant growth mode, this personal ability was transferable across a range of organizational needs. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). The learning landscape is ripe for innovation.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. On time budget requests and updates from project managers up 48%. Here is an example of a team that thought the same thing.

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Cooper Succession Finance Resistance 139

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. The UC Berkley budget gap has grown to $150 million, & still the Chancellor is spending money that isn't there on $3,000,000 consultants.

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 401

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

The 1990s saw the rise of the strategic CFO, and more recently many companies have created a chief strategy officer (CSO) position. Such friction is destructive — and a huge missed opportunity, because the CFO and the strategy head are far more effective when they collaborate. Tapping the most promising growth spots.

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Strategy CFO Finance Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2016

Given the role analytics has played in reshaping industries and rewarding innovative adopters over the last two decades, it is surprising how frequently we are asked: “Does this analytics stuff really work?” We only included companies that had implemented a major analytics initiative with an innovation or similar agenda.

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CFO Competitive Advantage Budgeting CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

After a morning innovation workshop at the bucolic R&D campus of a top-tier but tradition-rich technology giant, the lunchtime conversation with the Lab’s leadership turned strategic. How should they better prioritize innovation? “We’re really not budgeted for that,” the leadership team explained.

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CFO Innovation CEO Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

The persona of the next-generation CIO is evolving from Chief Infrastructure Officer through Chief Integration Officer and Chief Intelligence Officer to Chief Innovation Officer. For a CIO or other technology leader to make the move successfully from infrastructure to innovation, three key building blocks must be in place.

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CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8